Eternal+Sunshine+of+the+Spotless+Mind

Class Notes 10/5 (recorded by Nicole Mischler):

People’s thoughts of the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind : Weird Confusing on the first day Made you think -interesting concept of erasing someone from their mind Trick camera work -Jim Carrey baby -Bird scene Comedy is harder than being serious. Actors that played funny roles: Tom Hanks, Robin Williams If you could erase someone from their memory would you? Is it better to have loved and lost, then not to love at all? Pro: always be somewhat happy Better to have the experience of loss Alternate ending: Clementine had her memory erased 7 or 8 times Joel left messages, but the workers kept erasing them Thoughts of ending of the movie: - Poor and depressing if they decided not to be together - Hopeful ending Why they like each other -Opposites attract - You’ll get bored if you’re around yourself all the time Insanity is doing the same thing all the time, but expecting a different result Dumb ending: -Expecting something more -Not dumb they got back together -If you really love someone they can get a second chance Can they use the knowledge from the tape to start over? Can people change? -Majority said yes Scene where Clementine asks Joel if she’s pretty -Good speech -Story about the doll being ugly -Worrying about your appearance is bad for yourself -“Created in the image and likeness of God.”- mysterious -Our souls and ability to use free will distinguish us has human beings. -People are seen as objects. Little version of yourself happier: ignorant, no heartbreak, carefree, needed less to be happy Current version of yourself happier: more experiences, meeting new friends, gone through more to understand, different happiness for both Can you control how you feel loving another person? -Yes and no.
 * o Throughout the movie they found a way to find each other
 * o Even though they knew it could happen again, they took the chance anyways
 * o There’s a chance it might work
 * o Being hopeful is a higher scale than being happy
 * o It could work because they both know they erased each other, but they find something they like about each other